Cabling clip



May 12, 1931. 's. P. HULL ETAL CABLING CLIP Filed Sept. 4. 1929 INVENTORBY +1; W59 TTORNEY CXM Patented May 12, 1931 i CABLING cm Applicationfiled September This invention relates to conductors and particularly toconductors known as cables and more especially to a means which wlll bedesignated a cabling clip for securing the separate conductors oft-hecabletogether.

' A principal object of this invention is the provision of a device ofthe type specified which will be inexpensive to manufacture, easy toapply, eflicient in use and not harmful to the separate conductorsmaking up the cable with which it is used.

Other objects and advantages will appear as thedescription of theparticular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the inventionprogresses and the novel features of the invention will be particularlypointed out in the appended claim. 7 p

In describing the invention in detail, and the particular physicalembodiment selected 7 to illustrate the invention, reference is had tothe accompanying drawing, wherein has been illustrated a particularpreferred physical embodiment of the invention, and wherein likecharacters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device embodying the inventiontogether with supported conductors; Fig. 2, is a cross-sec- IIII of F 2viewed in the direction of the "arrows at'the endsof the line; Fig. 3,is a cross-sectional view on the plane indicated by the line IIIIII ofFig.2 viewed in the direction of the arrows at the ends of the line;Fig. l, is a perspective viewvof a connecting plate used inrtheinvention. I

Those acquainted with the practice in such arts, as for instance,railway signalling, know that at lntervals along a railway equippedbunch them together making what might bev called a cable. These wiresare sometimes tional view on the plane indicated by the line 4;, 929}Seria1-.1 l'o. 390,224. 1

unsupported, bjut other-timesare supported bywhat is known as'messengercable,tha't is, a stranded metallic cable is hung so as to allow theconductor wires-toIbe bunched together. and'be supported bythemetalcable. The bunch of wir'es or cable o f-Wires must" be secured"together in some satisfactorymannor in order to present aneat'appearance and aid in preserving them from mechanical injury. The"cabling clip devised by-applicants isto serve the purpose ofsecuringtogether such conductorsas have been hereinabove described. '7

Applicants cabling clip" comprises i two parts; a'fabricated metallicplate designated generally by'].; anda flexible cable surrounding memberdesignated generally'by 2.;

In'order to fabricate the metallic plate 'Inem'ber' ofap'plicantsinvention it is first necessary toblank out a sheet ofmetal,'the general form of the blank being evident by an inspection ofFig.4. The blank is preferably formed with aport-ion' -3 of reducedwidth which is bent back upon itself so as to form a hook 4.

The main or wider portion of the blank is slotted at 5 and is also cutso that a plurality of tabs 6, 7 8 and 9 may be bent upwardly from thesurface thereof, all as best shown in Fig. 4.

The cable surrounding member is preferably a textile member of ribbonform. It is QFFI SAMUEL PIERRE HULL, OF YONKERS, AND JOHN J. COB/COBALT,OF ALBANY,:NEW YORK,

AND FREDERICK C.'LAVARACK, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEYf f I preferablyformed of a length of webbing or woven material of great strength andduraa bility. One end 10 of the material as shown in Fig. 2, is passedthrough the centralslot 5 andthen bent back so as to lie against thesurface of the plate 1 and then the tabs 6 and 7 are bent downwardly,thereby firmly securing the textile material and the plate together. Theother end 11 of the textile material is also passed through the centralslot 5 after being passed around the wires or conductors which are to becabled and is then bent fiat down against the plate 1 and then the tabs8 and 9 are pressed down wardly so as to hold the textile material orsurrounding webbing securely in place. The. complete cabling clipsurrounding a plurality of conductors is shown in Fig, 1,

The device as illustrated by the drawings is placed around theconductors at suitable intervals along their length and then the hookportion 4 is passed about a messenger or supporting cable 12 as shown inFig. 2.

By, the use of this device the several unattached conductors commonlyused in railway signalling extending from a pole to a device along the"trackway may be held ffimnlyit'or gether and "place so as to presentfain'eat appearance and be adequately supported from a messenger cableas 12.

The device is inexpensive to make, readily applied by unskilled handsand'requiresno fto'ols other than those ordinarily carried by 7 {mendoing railway signalling wiring, as the only tool required'to installthe device-isa fpairof pliers.

' Although we 1 have particularly described the construction of onephysical embodiment ofour-invention and explained the operation thereof,neverthless, we desire to have it un- 'derstoodftha-t, the form selectedis merely illustrativeand does'not exhaust the possible physicalembodiment of the ideaof means underlying our invention.

What we claim as new and desire to secure 7 -by: LettersP-atent of theUnited States, is:

Ina cabling clip,.-in combination a plate formed with a hook, a slot andtabs; a textile flexible ribbon like member having-both ends r pa ssingthrough-the slot and bent back to lie 'inopposite directions on the.plate and underneath the tabs. I v

JOHN :J. COIRCORAN. SAMUEL 'PIERREHULL. j FREDERICK C. :LAVARACK.

